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    Phospholipids are a class of lipids whose molecule has a hydrophilic "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic "tails" derived from fatty...
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    The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules. These membranes are flat sheets that form a...
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    for the translocation of phospholipids between the two monolayers of a lipid bilayer of a cell membrane. In humans, phospholipid scramblases (PLSCRs) constitute...
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    located in the membrane. They are responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid molecules between the two leaflets that compose a cell's membrane (transverse...
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  • Thumbnail for Phospholipid transfer protein
    Phospholipid transfer protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLTP gene. The protein encoded by this gene is one of at least two lipid transfer...
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    two parallel, opposite-facing layers of uniformly arranged phospholipids. Each phospholipid is made of one phosphate head and two fatty acid tails. The...
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  • methylene-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase (EC 2.1.1.16) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction S-adenosyl-L-methionine + phospholipid olefinic fatty...
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    triglycerides are triesters. Structural types include: Ether phospholipids: phospholipids are known to have ether-linked "tails" instead of the usual ester...
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    Biological membranes, in the form of eukaryotic cell membranes, consist of a phospholipid bilayer with embedded, integral and peripheral proteins used in communication...
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  • Unsaturated-phospholipid methyltransferase may refer to: Methylene-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase This...
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